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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Bobby Valentine speaks during news conference at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. Former Mets manager Valentine will be a pregame and postgame analyst for 12-15 of New York's telecasts on cable channel SNY this season. The network said Thursday, March 28, 2013, that Valentine will work Monday's opener against San Diego with Bob Ojeda and Chris Carlin. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Brian A. Pounds) MANDATORY CREDIT

BOSTON — Maybe now Dustin Pedroia will know what Bobby Valentine was trying to do.

Valentine, the ex-Red Sox manager, has an upcoming book called "Valentine's Way," according to the Boston Herald, and Valentine is expected to write about his tumultuous 2012 with the Red Sox. Brad Lefton, who writes about baseball in Japan where Valentine used to manager, and leadership Dr. Robert Lefton are writing the book with Valentine, according to the report, with Simon and Schuster to publish.

Things fell apart quickly for Valentine, even in April, when Pedroia responded to a perceived shot Valentine took at Kevin Youkilis: "I really don't know what Bobby is trying to do. That's not the way we go about our stuff around here."

An ESPN reporter Valentine was known to have a rocky relationship, Buster Olney, wrote in October that "rival officials believe that Bobby Valentine's relatively muted response to his firing may be tied to some kind of financial incentive, which is not uncommon in the sport. In other words, people are sometimes paid to not criticize."

Valentine talked about David Ortiz less than favorably in an interview with NBC's Bob Costas after Valentine was fired, but he hasn't retraced last season in extensive detail. Any alleged silence-for-pay deal would seem to be less than comprehensive if Valentine does address last season in the book.

Valentine's everywhere these days. He's the athletics director at Sacred Heart university, and he's got media gigs with NBC Radio and SportsNet New York, the Mets' station. He also filmed a commercial for CBS fantasy sports radio making light of the number of times he's been fired — and when he's fired from the Red Sox, he's holding a beer in his hand.